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...agents, scouts and shoe-company reps have been looking for a Chinese player who can follow the large--and lucrative--footsteps of one of the league's biggest draws. Yi wears size-18 shoes, just like Yao. But it is the glimmer of his vast potential--the explosive slam dunks, the boyish good looks, even the mystery surrounding his age (anywhere from 15 to 18, depending on whom you believe)--that has catapulted Yi beyond where Yao stood at this point in his career. The attention is a bit overwhelming for a shy kid who started playing ball only four...
...RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED. Pete Sampras, 32, the quiet yet dominant American tennis champion who won a record 14 Grand Slam titles; in a ceremony at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. Sampras won the U.S. Open at the age of 19 and was the only player to finish six straight seasons ranked as the world's No. 1. In his 13-year career, he raked in a hefty $43 million in prize money, another record for the sport...
...baseball junkie can tell you that Fred Lynn is the only player in All-Star Game history to hit a grand slam. But who was the pitcher? You can find the answers to that and other trivia teasers at retrosheet.org Retrosheet is buoyed by volunteers dedicated to preserving the history of the game and sharing its rich details, for free, with anyone who asks. --By Matt Baron
...been starting to act a little more like Captain Kirk. There he was in the opening two games of the NBA Finals, shouting instructions at and cajoling his teammates, giving an encouraging smack to his mentor and teammate David Robinson, and even screaming after throwing down a slam dunk in the fourth quarter. Hall of Fame center Bob Lanier watched in awe as the 7-foot Duncan took over Game 1 against the Nets, scoring 32 points, grabbing 20 rebounds, recording six assists and blocking seven shots in a 101-89 victory. "Tim isn't that demonstrative," Lanier says...
...says many national outfits come to Harvard Square to take advantage of the shopping attraction that has built up over the years, figuring that they have a “slam-dunk captive audience...